Canyon Falls Roadside Park — Attraction in L'Anse Township

1/2 mile or so walk to the beginning of the falls. The Sturgeon River cuts through a canyon, resulting in an amazing place that feels like it belongs far away from Michigan. The falls continue as you go. Follow blue blazes painted on trees for North Country Trail to continue past the first large falls viewing area. There are a few areas that are accessible for swimming and jumping. The first larger falls is shallow. You can swim here but the falls is very strong so be careful. Brave souls can sit behind the falls. Farther down there are two areas where you can jump off of cliffs. The first is lower and relatively easy to exit the water. The second is a bit farther down and is higher. This point is more difficult to exit. You must either climb up a rope up the cliff wall or swim/drift downstream to an easier exit point (but be VERY careful because the current can be strong and the second exit point can be easily missed). Somebody attempted the trail in a wheelchair and was having a heck of a time. I would not call this...

This is a lovely roadside park; walk along a small portion of the North Country Trail to see these beautiful falls.

There are pit toilets at the trail head by the ample parking lot.

There are also picnic tables, many shaded, around the parking area as well.

The trail is medium in difficultly and is maintained well. A good pair of hiking boots would be best as there are a lot of roots and rocks, yet my husband wore his tennis shoes and was fine. I also saw other people in various footwear, but I like the stability of boots on this type of terrain.

We took our shoe/boots off before we even got close to the falls and dangled our feet in the pleasantly cold and clean river water. It was very refreshing.

The main falls is a bit of a hike, yet well worth it. There are smaller falls all along the way and some past the big falls.

We spent a couple of hours and thoroughly...

We went to do the "cliff" jump. But the usually calm river was so inundated with water from the heavy rainfalls the couple of days leading up to arrival, it was practically white water rafting the down the whole river. Even the local kids didn't jump - which should tell you something. One kids did jump but had a heck of a time trying to get back to the edge to pull himself out. The jump is already hazardous but if the river has a hint of quickness, not worth the risk. Otherwise, the trail was beautiful. And, the woods blocked the chill in the air you'd let at the head of the trail. Even with the rain, the trail was easily traversable. Only a few spots that were soft mud. The picture showed the only stretch of river that didn't look like level 5 white water rafting. It doesn't so it justice for how fast it was...